Flipping The Classroom to Increase Students’ Engagement and Interaction in a Mechanical Engineering Course on Machine Design

Authors

  • John Kanelopoulos School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece
  • Kyparisia A Papanikolaou School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece
  • Pavlos Zalimidis School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v7i4.7427

Keywords:

flipped classroom, wikis, problem solving, machine design, mechanical engineering

Abstract


This paper focuses on engaging students in engineering education and provides a case study to exemplify one way of doing this proposing wikis as the main technology for delivering the content and collaborative problem solving as the main approach for working in class. In particular, we flipped part of an undergraduate course on Machine Design following specific design principles. The pre-course content was consisted of existing material, videos, texts and appropriate URLs. This was delivered through a wiki on the wikispaces platform. In class students worked individually and in groups on several types of problems, participating also in a peer review activity. We analysed interaction data recorded by the wiki as well as questionnaires exploring students' perspectives on the particular educational experience. Preliminary results of this pilot study provide evidence about the potential of the flipped classroom in activating students and in increasing interaction within the class.

Author Biographies

John Kanelopoulos, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece

Department of Mechanical Engineering Educators

Kyparisia A Papanikolaou, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece

Department of Education

Pavlos Zalimidis, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Athens, Greece

Department of Mechanical Engineering Educators

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Published

2017-11-24

How to Cite

Kanelopoulos, J., Papanikolaou, K. A., & Zalimidis, P. (2017). Flipping The Classroom to Increase Students’ Engagement and Interaction in a Mechanical Engineering Course on Machine Design. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 7(4), pp. 19–34. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v7i4.7427

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